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Dussie always knew puberty was going to be confusing, but she never realized it was going to be catastrophic - until she wakes up one morning to find that her hair has turned into a writhing mass of slithering snakes and discovers the real truth about her family: her mother is a Gorgon--right out of Greek mythology--and she was named after her mother's younger sister, Medusa.

Two-time Edgar Award winner Nancy Springer has written a chilling psychological thriller about a teenage girl possessed by her dead brother. Quiet, cautious Jessie had always lived in the shadow of her dynamic younger brother - her mother's clear favorite. His recent death leaves Jessie and her mother numb with grief. That is, until the morning Jessie cuts her hair and dresses in Jason's clothes, swaggering out of the house in an uncanny imitation of her brother.

Thirteen-year-old Donnie is so upset over her parents' divorce that she gets into increasingly serious trouble at school and does not recognize how much her older sister is hurting as well.

To their neighbors, Dorrie and Sam White are a contented couple in America's heartland, with steady jobs, a suburban home, and plenty of community activities to keep them busy. But they're not quite what they seem. For plain, hard-working Sam hides a depth of devotion for his wife that no one would suspect. And Dorrie is living a lie - beset by physical ailments, alone within herself...and secretly following the comings and goings of the 16-year-old daughter, Juliet, she gave up for adoption when she was hardly more than a child herself. Then one day at the mall, Dorrie watches horror-stricken as Juliet is abducted; forced into a van that drives away....

Lionel won't learn to fight, so he is banished by his warrior father, Lionclaw. The boy soon finds a home in Sherwood Forest with a band of outcasts led by Rowan Hood, daughter of Robin. But when Lionclaw vows to destroy them, Lionel knows he must finally fight for what is right. A sequel to the award-winning Rowan Hood, this action-packed adventure is sure to delight all young readers.

Ever since Dusty's mom died, life has been rough. Dusty's dad is remote and angry, and a car accident has permanently injured Dusty's back. No matter how much support her classmates in high school offer, nothing can bring back the happy family life she remembers.

Sherlock Holmes' Schwester ermittelt in einem neuen Fall. Mycroft und Sherlock wollen ihre Schwester in ein Internat stecken. Daher ist Enola in London untergetaucht und eröffnet unter falschem Namen ein Ermittlungsbüro. Einer ihrer ersten Klienten ist ausgerechnet Dr. John Watson! Seine Mission: die vermisste Enola Holmes zu finden. Währenddessen ermittelt Enola im Fall der verschwundenen Lady Cecily Alistair. Wurde sie entführt? Ist sie davongelaufen? Bergen die Zeichnungen der Linkshänderin ein Geheimnis? Gelesen von Luisa Wietzorek, einer Synchronstimme von Millie Bobby Brown.

Widowed and without grandchildren, the loneliness becomes crippling for children's illustrator Beverly Vernon. So she begins a portrait of the ideal granddaughter, who is blonde, violet-eyed and smiling. Until she uncovers the bones of a young child in her back garden. Then Beverly's painting changes of its own accord; the girl's smiling expression turns grim. As Beverly endeavours to identify the child and how it died, her sanity is tested to the limit. While hunting for the truth in a dark past, Beverly risks everything in her present.

Enola & Sherlock : un duo de choc dans une nouvelle aventure inédite ! La jeune détective Enola Holmes et son frère Sherlock sont appelés à la rescousse pour retrouver un éditeur de renom qui a disparu... et qui n'est autre que le meilleur ami de Rudyard Kipling ! Durant leur enquête conjointe, Enola va devoir se frotter à des chiens enragés, à des savants fous, et à des confrérie mystérieuse portant la marque de la mangouste.